Improvement in wardrobe-bedsteads



UNITED STATES ATENT QFFICE.

ELISHA E. EVERITT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

IMPROVEMENT IN WARDROBE-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,940, dated March 24, 1874; application filed November 19, 1873.

To all whom it may concernf Beit known that I, ELIsHA E. EVERITT, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe-Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the bed lowered for use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bed raised. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 4t is a view of the open hin ge-plate.

My invention has relation to that class of bedsteads which may be folded or raised to a vertical position, so as to assume the appearance of a wardrobe, or other similar upright article of furniture. The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter described.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A is the head-board of the bed, having posts A A', which also form side brackets. B is a baseboard, extending between the posts A A. To this base-board are hinged the side rails C C, the hinges c c' being open, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to allow said rails to rest upon the t support B without injury to the pintles, and A also to permit said rails to be easily detached when the bed is to be transported. Y of hinging the side rails, as just described, to v Instead the base-board B, they may be pivoted on the posts A A by means of suitable bolts passing through the latter, in which case the baseboard B would be ,dispensed with, and the bottom board D made of such length as tol almost touch the iloor when the bed is in an upright position. E represents the foot-board, having posts E', which form side brackets. This foot-board E is hinged, as shown, to the end rail F, being held in a vertical position, when the side rails are extended horizontally, by means of a catch or hook, e.

Vhen the bed is folded or raised, the footboard E, with its posts E', forms a top molding or cornice for the imitation wardrobe, and also serves as a receptacle for the pillows and bedclothin g.

In order to enable the bed .to be packed in a very small compass, the side and end rails are held together by means of screws, as in ordinary bedsteads, and the bottom board D, which is held in place by the hooks d and catches d d, may be formed in two pieces for the same purpose.

The bottom D and base-board B are designed to be ornamented, according to the article it is designed to imitate.

In order to prevent the bed from tilting forward when raised, brackets b b are placed upon the base-board B, and, as a further precaution, or in lieu of the brackets, the bed may be made fast to the iioor by screws passing through suitable plates H.

To enable the bed to be easily raised, a suitable weight is to be attached to the end rail Ff, said weight to be not quite 4heavy enough to counterpoise the movable part of the bed when clothed. l

When a very high head-board is desired, the upper part of the bottom rail is cut out sufficiently to let the head-board rest in the recess when the bed is elevated 5 and, in order to bring the ends of the side rails as near as possible to the head-board, the ends of said rails are rounded, as shown at c c. The edges of the head-board are rabbeted or formed with arecess, a, so as to permit the side rails to enter therein when raised, coming thereby very close to the wall against which the headboard stands, and taking up less room than if the inner edges of said rails werer iush with the front of the head-board. The bed is vdesigned to be provided with a spring-mattress, or with slats, in the usual manner.

When the bed is raised, and until it is desired to lower it, it is secured in its upright position by means of hooks or catches engaging with the side rails and head-board.

I/Vhat I claim as my invention isl l. The folding wardrobe-bedstead comprising the head-board A, base-board B, side rails C, hinged to said base-board, removable bottom board D, hinged foot-board E, and side brackets A E all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose speeied.

2. The hinged foot-board E, in combination with the side brackets E', raised above the side rails C, as shown, and forming, When the bed is elevated, the side guards for the pillows and bed-clothing7 as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of November, 1873.

ELISHA E. EVERITT.

Witnesses T. A. GONNOLLY, EUGNE P. EADsoN. 

